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Introduction: Part 1. Some Contexts and Questions -- Introduction: Part 2. Europeans' Encounter with the Native Americans / David D. Hall -- Ch. 1. Reinventing the Colonial Book / Hugh Amory -- Ch. 2. The Chesapeake in the Seventeenth Century / David D. Hall -- Ch. 3. Printing and Bookselling in New England, 1638-1713 / Hugh Amory -- Ch. 4. Readers and Writers in Early New England / David D. Hall -- Ch. 5. The Atlantic World. pt. 1. The Atlantic Economy in the Eighteenth Century / David D. Hall. pt. 2. Printers' Supplies and Capitalization / John Bidwell. pt. 3. The Importation of Books in the Eighteenth Century / James Raven -- Ch. 6. The Book Trade in the Middle Colonies, 1680-1720 / James N. Green -- Ch. 7. The Southern Book Trade in the Eighteenth Century / Calhoun Winton -- Ch. 8. The Middle Colonies, 1720-1790. pt. 1. English Books and Printing in the Age of Franklin / James N. Green. pt. 2. German and Dutch Books and Printing / A. Gregg Roeber

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